Cégep de l’Outaouais seeks regional status

Cégep de l’Outaouais’s Board of Directors has reportedly adopted a resolution seeking regional cégep status. This status would recognize the cégep’s two campuses as separate entities and would enable the cégep to obtain an estimated $800K in additional funding, reports FM 104.7. The cégep says that the status would also recognize it as having a […]

Cégep de l’Outaouais will be expanding into the Centre Slush Puppie to meet the needs of its growing student body. The cégep recently signed a seven-year rental agreement with Vision Multisports Outaouais, the centre’s manager. Le Droit explains that physical education courses and sports activities will be transferred from the cégep’s Campus Félix-Leclerc to the […]

Cégep de l’Outaouais and Collège Héritage have signed an agreement that will see the construction of a $36M student housing facility in the Outaouais region by 2029. This building will be located less than three kilometers from the institutions and will contain approximately 240 student housing units, with Cégep de l’Outaouais taking on more of […]

Cégep de l’Outaouais and Collège Ahuntsic, HEC Montréal, and Langara College have each announced that they are launching new programming. Cégep de l’Outaouais is developing an attestation d’études collégiales program in mammography that it will deliver in partnership with Collège Ahuntsic. The program is expected to launch in 2027. HEC Montréal Executive Education will be […]

At Cégep de l’Outaouais, more than 1,000 people were evacuated on Tuesday following a report received by local police regarding an individual on campus. Radio-Canada reports that the individual, who was suffering from psychological distress, was taken to the hospital for treatment. Evacuees were temporarily redirected to the Collège Heritage, a local high school, or […]

Next month, Cégep de l’Outaouais will launch a consultation process with students, parents, and municipalities in the Outaouais region to evaluate ways to reduce physical barriers to postsecondary education access in the area. Le Droit reports that the cégep will put forth considerations to create satellite college study centres and relocate some of its programs. […]

Cégep de l’Outaouais is embarking on its first student residence project, thanks to a $1.2M donation from the Fondation Gilles et Jocelyne Ouimet. Cégep Executive Director Steve Brabant explained that providing accommodations is essential in the Outaouais region, as the area has a low vacancy rate and a high average rent. The institution is naming […]

In a recent interview with La Presse, Cégep de l’Outaouais professor Karine Cellard discusses the current state of Québec literature courses taught at cégeps. Cellard explains that since the 1990s, these literature classes have followed a standardized curriculum that focuses on analytical writing. Cellard calls for an update to this curriculum that would allow for […]